David Morrissey is officially The Governor in The Walking Dead.  While Tom Savini was gunning for the role, if he couldn’t get it I’m okay with this choice.  Morrissey is a great actor and he can pull the attitude when needed.  Also he can be damn imposing.  He’s also got some cred under his belt for his work in Doctor Who, Viva Blackpool, and Sense and Sensibility (we don’t speak of Basic Instinct 2)   Also, he’s perty.

AMC announced today that David Morrissey has been cast in the role of The Governor in the networks’ critically acclaimed hit series, “The Walking Dead.”  The Governor, a character from Robert Kirkman’s graphic novel, is the leader of Woodbury, a small settlement of survivors, and becomes the chief antagonist for Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his group.

 The Governor will appear in “The Walking Dead” season three, a 16-episode order from AMC, which begins production this spring in Atlanta.

 A BAFTA Award nominee, Morrissey has appeared in many acclaimed British series including “State of Play,” “Meadowlands,” “The Deal” and “Blackpool.” Along with his celebrated work in television, Morrissey is also known for his leading roles in feature films such as The Reaping, The Other Boleyn Girl, Centurion, The Water Horse, Nowhere Boy and Blitz. He recently wrapped Welcome to the Punch opposite James McAvoy and Mark Strong. Morrissey is represented by The Collective and Troika in the UK.

 ”The Walking Dead” season two airs Sundays at 9pm on AMC.

Deadline (ironic eh?) is reporting that Frank Darabont is stepping down as the showrunner of AMC’s hit The Walking Dead.

This is a shock as Darabont was at Comicon just last week helping promo the shows second season which starts this October.

The series is still in production and there’s no word yet on how this will effect anything.  There have been other strange announcements since the 2nd season was announced such as the writing staff being replaced by Darabont to instead use contract writers (the idea was nixed by AMC.)

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how this one plays out and if Darabont stays on board in some way.  In the mean time, here is the awesome looking second season trailer for The Walking Dead:

Yes…hurry please.

MTV (I’m not sure why) got the exclusive first peek of the new line of The Walking Dead inspired figures.
These are pretty nice, but I’m going to save my squeeing for shirtless Rick Grimes toy.  Which it looks like Rick is in the first wave of toys, and the second.  And we also get the Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus!!) figure (possibly with dead squirrels?)

While I’m late to the game with this news, the shambling on the street is Walking Dead only after two episodes is greenlit for another season.  Click me hard

This is great news for zombie and horror fans alike.  The series so far has been awesome and filled with some of the best zombies this side of  a Romero flick. 

Keep it up AMC, you’re making up for the fact you added commercials to your programming.  I’m not bitter though.

So a fan created a google map of everything that takes place in the first 70+ issues of Walking Dead. He even used specific pins for each incident to mark the location.

Thanks to FearNet for the heads up

click here to check this out.

Sometimes fandom is amazingly scary…in a good way.

God I can’t wait for this.

Bring out my dead.

God I can’t wait for this to start.  Bring on Halloween!

Below is the trailer for the new series The Walking Dead, based off the hit comic book.

This promises to be THE genre show of the year. Watch out TrueBlood, the zombies are coming.